DB class 403 (1997)

DB class 403
An ICE 3 at the Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel on the high-speed line Cologne – Frankfurt
Numbering:	403 x01 – x37 (1st series), 403 x51 – x63 (2nd series)
Number:	37 (1st series) 13 (2nd series)
Manufacturer:	Siemens / Bombardier
Year of construction (s):	1997-2006
Axis formula :	Bo'Bo '+ 2'2' + Bo'Bo '+ 2'2' + 2'2 '+ Bo'Bo' + 2'2 '+ Bo'Bo'
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over coupling:	200.84 m end car: 25,835 mm middle car: 24,775 mm
Height:	3890 mm
Width:	up to 2950 mm
Trunnion Distance:	17,375 mm
Empty mass:	409 t
Service mass:	459 t
Wheel set mass :	16 t
Top speed:	330 km / h (alternating current)
Continuous output :	8000 kW (alternating current)
Starting tractive effort:	300 kN
Performance indicator:	19.6 kW / t
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz ~
Power transmission:	Overhead line, 2 pantographs (ICE 3)
Number of traction motors:	16
Drive:	Axis-riding gear with curved tooth coupling between frame motor and pinion shaft
Brake:	Motor brake , eddy current brake , disc brake , spring brake
Train control :	Sifa , PZB 90 , LZB 80
Coupling type:	Scharfenberg
Seats:	98/356 (1st series: 1st / 2nd class) 98/362 (2nd series)

As a class 403 a to be ICE 3 belonging ICE - high speed variant of the Deutsche Bahn referred. In contrast to its sister series 406 and 407 , it is only capable of one system and therefore only runs in Germany and to the neighboring Basel SBB train station .

The 50 200 m long unit trains are eight cars formed and used on train operation in July 2000th With a maximum authorized vehicle speed of 330 km / h, the electric multiple units can reach speeds of up to 300 km / h in regular operation.

The trains took over the designation series 403 from the now decommissioned 403 electric multiple units of the former Deutsche Bundesbahn .

variants

See also : "History" in the article ICE 3

The 403 series was ordered as part of the ICE 3 concept, which was commissioned in 1994.

First series

The first series of 37 multiple units for domestic traffic has been in regular service as ICE 3 at Deutsche Bahn since 2000.

When the trains were delivered, they had 141 seats in three 1st class cars and 250 seats in four 2nd class cars. As a result of the renovation in 2002, the number of seats in 2nd class was increased and the number of seats in 1st class was reduced.

Second series

In mid-January 2001 a letter of intent was signed to procure 13 more ICE 3 trains. As part of a two billion DM program to modernize the long-distance fleet, the procurement of 13 trains for inland traffic worth around 500 million DM was planned. Two years earlier, DB had announced that it would purchase 50 additional ICE 3 trains. The trains were to be used on the new Cologne – Rhein / Main line from 2004. A manufacturer for the new trains had not yet been determined at the beginning of 2001. The order followed in 2002.

In autumn 2005 the DB AG refused to accept the multiple units of the second series that had already been approved by the Federal Railway Authority. A list of 30 deficiencies had not been processed satisfactorily by DB. The company threatened not to commission the upcoming retrofitting of five ICE 3Ms for France traffic if the deficiencies were not remedied. The trains, which are run as multiple units 351 to 363, were finally delivered between November 2005 and early 2006.

Outwardly, the trains resemble the trains that have been in service since 2000. Some changes have been made in detail, for example:

• The triangular structures of the air conditioning at the ends of the car were replaced by flatter and more streamlined ones.
• The most striking difference inside is the 2nd class car between the 1st class area and the BordBistro : The first series is a 1st class car with compartments and reading lights, but which has seats the 2nd class car, while the second series uses a regular 2nd class car without compartments. Overall, this leads to a six-seat increase in seating capacity in 2nd class of the second series, while the number of seats in 1st class remains unchanged.
• The seat numbers at the seats are written in significantly larger letters in the second series.

technology

With fully functional brakes, the multiple units have 189 brake hundredths ( brake position R + WB) or 154 brake hundredths (brake position R).

The 50 multiple units were originally to be equipped with ETCS by 2015 . The order, which also includes the ETCS equipment for 70 ICE T, amounts to 60 million euros.

With the redesign, the BordBistro becomes a full on-board restaurant again. The equipment is anchored in the contract for the ETCS equipment of the ICE T as an option. Negotiations were in progress to redeem this option and now the ICE 3 multiple units are being equipped with ETCS as part of the redesign . The conversion of all multiple units will now take until 2020.

Since January 2017 the multiple unit 323 “Schaffhausen” has been equipped with ETCS as a trial train. It was used from July 2017 for ETCS test drives on the Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle high-speed line. By December 2017, 11 multiple units had been converted to use them on ICE lines 15 and 29 . Since the timetable change and the opening of the new Ebensfeld – Erfurt line in December 2017, these trains have been using ETCS on the route.

According to information provided by DB in mid-June 2019, five multiple units will be "at a standstill" from July 2019, due to the redesign, "Rollkur" and "Trafo".

Overview and condition of the multiple units

See also : List of IC / ICE vehicles named by municipalities and regions

Multiple unit number naming	Commissioning redesign (current status)	Conversions or conversions	Accidents or special occurrences General remarks
Item 301 Freiburg im Breisgau (since January 29, 2003)	July 28, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 302 g Hanseatic City of Lübeck (since February 20, 2004)	May 25, 2000 January 24, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS	On October 24, 2002, the two halves (rear half consisting of multiple unit 302) of an ICE 3 train in Göttingen with about 200 passengers separated at a speed of around 50 km / h due to a released clutch. As a result, a double traction ban for ICE 3 was temporarily ordered.
Item 303 g Dortmund (since November 28, 2002)	May 25, 2000 September 6, 2018 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 304 Munich (since January 10, 2003)	October 24, 2000 June 8, 2020 (active)	Equipped with WLAN HotSpots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS trolley 403 022-7 for trolley 403 004-5
Item 305 Baden-Baden (since November 5, 2003)	May 27, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 306 g	May 25, 2000 September 23, 2019 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS	On the evening of December 24, 2018, ICE 3 multiple unit 306 collided with ICE T multiple unit 1177 at the Munich ICE plant at around 25 km / h . The end car 403 006 was damaged. In connection with the failure of multiple unit 326, a replacement concept was introduced on January 14, 2019 to replace ICE 3 services with ICE 1 services.
Item 307 g Oberhausen (since September 2, 2004)	May 27, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 308 g Murnau am Staffelsee (since June 27, 2015)	June 9, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)	On the occasion of Vladimir Putin's state visit on December 21, 2004, this multiple unit was labeled as the Germany-Russia Express and used for a special trip from Hamburg to Schleswig.
Item 309 g Aalen (since June 21, 2008)	May 25, 2000 December 12, 2019 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 310 g Wolfsburg (since January 23, 2003)	May 27, 2000 April 4, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS	On July 9, 2008, this multiple unit, which was on the way from Munich to Dortmund as ICE 518, derailed shortly after 4 p.m. immediately at the exit from Cologne Central Station in front of the Hohenzollern Bridge . The cause is a broken wheelset shaft. The train was brought to a standstill by emergency braking after the wheelset rolled over the sleepers. Nobody was injured in the accident, and passengers were able to return to the platform through doors at the end of the two parts of the train. According to passengers, noticeable noises could be heard in a car before Cologne; after departure from Cologne one of the two multiple units was torn apart between two cars. Due to imminent danger , the Federal Railway Authority issued a notice on July 10, 2008, to shut down all ICE-3 trains after the end of the journey on that day, where the ultrasonic test of the axles had been more than 60,000 kilometers ago .
Item 311 g Wiesbaden (since December 15, 2002)	July 20, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)	This multiple unit was used for a large-scale rescue exercise in the Günterscheid tunnel on the night of April 5, 2008, between 12:35 am and 4:30 am . Exercises like this take place every three years on the new line. The ICE 3 that came to a standstill during the exercise A train attendant helps a passenger by getting off an emergency ladder On September 6, 2015, a special train ICE 2908 with refugees ran from Munich to Dortmund. This was formed from the multiple units 311 and 359.
Item 312 Montabaur (since September 17, 2006)	May 27, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 313 g Treuchtlingen (since September 22, 2004)	July 25, 2000 May 17, 2018 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 314 g Bergisch Gladbach (since November 2, 2006)	July 23, 2000 February 16, 2018 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) trolleys 403 019-3 and 403 119 for 403 014-4 and 403 114 Equipped with ETCS	For the opening of the ICE maintenance facility in Cologne-Nippes , multiple unit 314 was provided with green decorative stripes for the motto: Green, greener, ICE-Werk . Since May 12th, 2019 it has had a special paint job "the little ICE".
Item 315 g Singen (Hohentwiel) (since June 7, 2008)	August 24, 2000 April 18, 2018 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 316 g Siegburg (since July 22, 2003)	July 25, 2000 February 21, 2020 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 317 Recklinghausen (since July 15, 2003)	July 20, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 318 g Münster (Westf.) (Since July 10, 2003)	July 28, 2000 November 24, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS	On August 24, 2011 this multiple unit drove on the journey as the ICE 1223 from Dortmund in the direction of Kassel at 160 km / h in the Westphalian town of Lippstadt in a tractor that was standing on the level crossing . Also on board was the SPD - politician Franz Müntefering .
Item 319 Duisburg (since October 8, 2003)	September 8, 2000 April 22, 2020 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS trolleys 403 014-4 and 403 131 for trolleys 403 019-3 and 403 119
Item 320 g Weil am Rhein (since May 29, 2016)	September 11, 2000 June 29, 2018 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 321 g Krefeld (since November 21, 2003)	September 11, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)	On April 1, 2004, this multiple unit derailed as ICE 600 near Istein after it collided with a tractor that had crashed onto the tracks. The tractor driver, who was able to free himself from the falling tractor, was seriously injured. Two people were slightly injured on the train. Shortly before the collision, the driver of the ICE was able to initiate an emergency braking action from a speed of around 80 km / h , which brought the train to a stop after around 250 m. The oncoming ICE 271 (ICE 1) brushed against the crashed train and damaged a side window of the ICE 3. The damage to the oncoming train was initially not noticed. No other people were harmed. The multiple unit 321 was then dissolved and several of its cars were distributed to other multiple units. Later it was reassembled with wagons from other sets.
Item 322 g Solingen (since July 2, 2003)	September 8, 2000 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) trolley 403 004-5 for trolley 403 022-7	On December 8, 2015, there was a cable fire in the roof area of ​​multiple unit 322 after a bird damaged the pantograph and the overhead line. The multiple unit was en route as ICE 622 and stopped shortly before the scheduled stop at Frankfurt Airport. The fire brigade arrived with about 40 men and after a short time had the fire under control. The approximately 450 passengers were not injured and could be evacuated after 2 hours.
Item 323 g Schaffhausen (since July 10, 2008)	October 13, 2000 October 14, 2016 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS	On April 17, 2010, the lost car door of multiple unit 325 collided in the area of ​​the Dickheck tunnel with the on-board bistro of multiple unit 323, which was currently traveling as ICE 612. Six people were injured by glass splinters or were in shock on this multiple unit. Multiple unit 323 is the trial train for the ICE3 redesign and for ETCS equipment.
Item 324 g Fürth (since September 15, 2007)	May 4, 2001 August 11, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 325 g Ravensburg (since April 15, 2004)	February 12, 2001 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)	On April 17, 2010 at 11:39 am, this multiple unit lost the left door at the interchange between car 26 and 27, which was then transferred to the ICE 505 on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line in the area of ​​the Dickheck tunnel the on-board bistro of the oncoming ICE 612 crashed. The cause is an incorrectly set adjusting nut on a locking device. Two-week tests on the doors of the first series of the ICE 3 fleet would not have revealed any further abnormalities. The Federal Railway Authority instructed Deutsche Bahn to check the door locks as part of regular maintenance. In addition, the door construction was changed.
Item 326 Neunkirchen (since November 10, 2007)	February 5, 2001 October 13, 2018 disbanded after fire	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)	On the morning of October 12, 2018, fire broke out in transformer car 403 626 on the high-speed route Cologne – Rhein / Main near Dierdorf. The event was likely triggered by the breakage of a tie rod in the main transformer. The ICE 3 double unit was on its way to Munich as ICE 511. Car 403 626 burned out completely, the end car 403 526 also caught fire. The ICE was stopped on the open track and the 510 passengers were evacuated from the train. Five people were slightly injured. The front train of the double traction remained undamaged. Item 326, however, was subsequently canceled. It has been proven that transformer oil leaked and caught fire. Deutsche Bahn announced that it would check transformers and ancillary units on all ICE 3 trains and that it will continue to monitor transformers more closely in the future. The transformer oil was found to be contaminated in four ICE 3 trains, and as a result of this, up to six multiple units per day were missing. According to an instruction of December 20, 2018, ICE 3 multiple units that have not yet undergone a special inspection may no longer enter long tunnels from January 1, 2019.
Item 327 g Siegen (since September 18, 2011)	December 22, 2000 January 23, 2018 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 328 g Aachen (since July 3, 2003)	April 9, 2001 March 10, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 329 g	March 21, 2001 October 19, 2018 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 330 Göttingen (since January 22, 2003)	March 21, 2001 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 331 g Westerland / Sylt (since February 20, 2004)	April 9, 2001 June 21, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 332 g Augsburg (since November 21, 2002)	March 23, 2001 July 03, 2020 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 333 g Esslingen am Neckar (from June 6, 2009 to May 17, 2017) Goslar (since June 9, 2017)	March 24, 2001 May 18, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 334 g Offenburg (since November 22, 2003)	March 24, 2001 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 335 g Constance (since April 19, 2008)	August 1, 2001 September 20, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 336 g Ingolstadt (since November 27, 2003)	August 3, 2001 July 17, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS	The 1st class cars were equipped with new types of seats on a trial basis in March 2015. Among other things, they contain a reservation display in the area of ​​the headrests.
Item 337 g Stuttgart (since November 19, 2002)	August 21, 2001 October 20, 2017 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) Equipped with ETCS
Item 351 g Herford (since May 17, 2006)	December 15, 2005 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 352 Mönchengladbach (since March 29, 2011)	December 15, 2005 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 353 Neu-Ulm (since June 6, 2015)	November 24, 2005 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 354 g Mittenwald (since September 26, 2015)	December 30, 2005 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 355 Tuttlingen (since July 27, 2015)	November 24, 2005 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 356	January 13, 2006 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)	On November 8, 2017, a shunting run in Munich Hbf collided with this multiple unit and destroyed a door on car 403 256. The multiple unit has been in service again since December 8, 2018.
Item 357 g Esslingen am Neckar (since May 17, 2017)	January 13, 2006 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 358 g St. Ingbert (since May 10, 2008)	January 27, 2006 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 359 g Leverkusen (since June 20, 2009)	January 27, 2006 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)	On September 6, 2015, a special train ICE 2908 with refugees ran from Munich to Dortmund. It was made up of multiple units 311 and 359.
Tz 360 Linz am Rhein (since June 18, 2011)	February 10, 2006 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 361 g Celle (since November 29, 2008)	February 10, 2006 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)
Item 362 g Schwerte (Ruhr) (since September 16, 2011)	February 24, 2006 (active)	Equipped with WLAN hotspots (railnet) and a local information and entertainment portal
Item 363 g Weilheim i. OB (since June 26, 2017)	February 24, 2006 (active)	Equipped with WiFi hotspots (railnet)

• The multiple units marked with a _g have a green decorative stripe on both sides of the cars 403.0 and 403.5 with the inscription "Germany's fastest climate protector"

literature

• Michael Krische: ICE - InterCityExpress - ICE 1 ICE 2 ICE 3 ICE TD ICE T ICE S , GeraNova Verlag, ISBN 3-7654-7110-0
• Heinz Kurz: InterCityExpress. The development of high-speed traffic in Germany. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-88255-228-7

Web links

Commons : DB-series 403 (1997)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Dieter Eikhoff: Everything about the ICE . transpress-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-613-71277-5 , pp. 41-52.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Heinz Kurz: ICE 3 and ICE T - New generation of railcars for Deutsche Bahn . In: Railway technical review . 48, No. 9, 1999, pp. 549-559.
3. ↑ Ansgar Brockmeyer, Thomas Gerhard, Edzard Lübben, Manfred Reisner, Monika Bayrhof: High-speed trains: from power car to distributed traction . In: European Railway Review . Vol. 13, No. 3, 2007, ISSN  1351-1599 , pp. 67-79.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Torsten Berndt: Sibling love . In: ER-Verlagsgesellschaft (ed.), Freiburg: ZÜGE . No. 5, 2001, without ISSN, pp. 12-17.
5. ^ Announcement of the investment offensive for long-distance transport . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 3/2001, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 98.
6. ↑ Timetable perspectives . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 4/2001, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 186 f.
7. ↑ Report a dispute about ICE acceptance: Agreement only with ICE-T . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 11/2005, p. 502.
8. ↑ Technical differences between the ICE trains BR 403/406, 407 and 412 (part 1) . In: Union of German Locomotive Drivers (Ed.): Advance . No. 4 , April 2019, ISSN  1438-0099 , p. 24-26 .
9. ↑ DB awards ETCS on-board contract . Railway Gazette International (online edition), December 22, 2010.
10. ↑ Jan-Peter Böhm, Werner Geier, Peter Lankes, Jürgen Memke: Equipping the German ICE high-speed trains with ETCS . In: Railway technical review . tape 63 , no. 5 , 2014, ISSN  0013-2845 , p. 49-57 .
11. ^ Arno Luik : Damage in the overhead line . 2nd Edition. Westend-Verlag , Frank am Main 2019, ISBN 978-3-86489-267-7 , pp. 142 .
12. ↑ Since the end of October 2002, ICE trains have been given the names of cities that would like to take on a sponsorship. ICE name. (PDF; 513 KiB) Retrieved November 20, 2011 (700 kB ). 
13. ^ Heinz Kurz: InterCityExpress. The development of high-speed traffic in Germany. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-88255-228-7
14. ↑ Report ICE 3 double train separated on the journey . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 12/2002, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 539.
15. ↑ ^{a b} Restriction of use after ICE 3 fire near Dierdorf . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . No. 2 , 2019, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 69 .
16. ↑ Turntable 181 February 2005
17. ↑ Thomas Wüpper: Just past a catastrophe . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger , November 9, 2008.
18. ↑ Spiegel online: ICE derailed on Hohenzollern Bridge
19. ^ Philipp Stempel: How a reader experienced the ICE chaos in Cologne . In: Rheinische Post . July 10, 2008 ( rp-online.de [accessed February 25, 2019]).
20. ↑ Rescue exercise - simulated ICE accident in tunnel . SWR online , April 5, 2008 (no longer available online)
21. ↑ Great rescue exercise in the tunnel . In: DB Welt , West Regional Section, May 2008 edition, p. 23.
22. ↑ ^{a b} Refugee trains now end in Dortmund and Düsseldorf
23. ↑ https://www.deutschebahn.com/de/konzern/im_blickpunkt/20180223_ice-werk_nippes-1330834
24. ↑ Trainspotting competition: The little ICE, really big
25. ^ Franz Müntefering remains uninjured in the ICE accident in Lippstadt , wa.de , August 24, 2011.
26. ^ Traveling dangerous with Franz Müntefering. handelsblatt.de, August 24, 2011, accessed on August 24, 2011 . 
27. ↑ Eikhoff (2006), p. 94
28. ↑ ICE 600 derailed at Istein  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: eisenbahn-kurier.de, April 1, 2004  
29. ↑ ^{a b} ICE 3 collided with a tractor . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 5/2004, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 233.
30. ↑ Derailed ICE just escapes the disaster . In: Stern , April 1, 2004.
31. ↑ ICE passengers are stuck for hours because of a cable fire
32. ↑ ^{a b} Stefan Klüttermann: ICE loses door at full speed - on board the train . In: Rheinische Post . April 19, 2010 ( rp-online.de [accessed March 11, 2019]).
33. ↑ ^{a b} ICE loses door at full speed - six injured . In: Die Welt , April 17, 2010.
34. ↑ ^{a b} Deutsche Bahn AG: The cause of the lost ICE door clarified . Press release from April 20, 2010.
35. ↑ ICE doors withstand inspection . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 4, 2010.
36. ↑ Peter Kirnich: "If necessary, we will take a train out of service" . In: Frankfurter Rundschau (online edition), August 24, 2012. ( online ).
37. ^ Vehicle fire investigation report, October 12, 2018, Üst Willroth – Montabaur. Federal Agency for Railway Accident Investigation, March 30, 2020, accessed on March 30, 2020 . 
38. ↑ Presentation of "Germany's fastest climate protector"